IT MAY not seem like it but official statistics are expected to show only modest price rises during the last three months.

CONSUMER prices, a key measure of inflation, rose 0.5 per cent in the June quarter and 1.5 per cent over the year.

THE market has punished retailer Harvey Norman for raising expectations of a June sales surge.

NEW figures show the recession has cut into the advertising revenue of the big television networks.

THE Australian property executives charged with fraud in Dubai may face civil proceedings at home as well.

RBA board believes economy is stabilising This is why they kept rates stead in July

There's continuing controversy over the loss of water from the Whanganui River due to the Tongariro Power Scheme at the southern end of Lake Taupo. Part of that scheme takes water from the Whanganui headwaters and discharges it into Lake

Bigger firms in New Zealand - as in other English-speaking countries - pay higher wages than smaller firms. But why? Research by two New Zealand economists shows that there is no evidence that this pattern occurs because workers in bigger

There aren't many budding volcanologists who are trained in childcare and have experience in property management, but University of Waikato student Holly Goddard has proved she can turn her hand to most things.

Sister and brother June and Jarvis Dams have the lead roles in a new opera being performed at Waikato University.

Hayden Clark the 2005 New Zealand Junior Champion is stepping up to the big time and racing in the final two rounds of the Australian Motocross Nationals. Hayden will be riding for the Cool Air Troy Carroll Racing Team on

Aden de Jager has dropped us an email to let us know how he went in his latest competition on the US Motocross calendar, this time he reports in from the prestigious Spring Creek national at Millville, Minnesota."Leading up to

Yamaha riders have swept the top three finishing positions for the first time ever at the 2009 Yamaha 24 Hour Trial in Eudunda, South Australia. Established in 1924 and run every year thereafter, the event is the ultimate reliability test

Fans of Australia's favourite Dirt Bike Show MXTV, who tuned in at 8pm to Foxtel Aurora channel 183 last night for their weekly fix of dirt-bike-action probably had a weird sense of 'déjà-vu'. A programming error meant that the previous

The Veterans are back and will be lining up at the final round of the 2009 Australian Motocross Championship to be held at Coolum Pines Motocross Park on 1-2 August.The Veterans Cup will be running as a support category and

The 2009 Demon Energy Drink NSW Senior Motocross Championship came to a close at the Mount Panorama Motocross Track in Bathurst, Central Western NSW, last Sunday (July 19) with the running of the third and final round and it was

Australia’s favourite dirt bike show is heading to television screens again this week, with another action-packed episode of MXTV coming your way. This week’s episode, the second last for this series; is from the Hattah Desert race, held near Mildura

Round 9 & 10 of the Yamaha Victorian Offroad Championships sees Racing move up to Wedderburn this weekend 25/26 July for a Cross Country / Sprint to be held by the Bendigo Motorcycle Club. Members have been up at the

Yamaha Monster Energy racer, Josh Coppins, has taken part in Round 3 of the 6 round Belgian Championship on the weekend, held on the hard pack circuit of Nismes in the very South of the country.In the first of the

Motorcycling Australia (MA) has finalised the make-up of the Wellard Australian Teams which will be taking part at the 2009 International Six Day Enduro.The event will take place in Figueira da Foz, Portugal from 12-17 October this year, and will